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Sandra Oudkirk
Director
Jeremy Cornforth
Deputy Director
Arend Zwartjes
Public Diplomacy Section Chief
Betsy Shieh
Commercial Section Chief
N. Rashad Jones
Economic Section Chief
Richard Jao
Political Section Chief
Sandra Oudkirk
Director
Ms. Oudkirk became the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan in July 2021. She has been in the United States Foreign Service for 30 years and is delighted to return to Taiwan, which was also her first overseas posting, as the first woman to serve as AIT Director.
Jeremy Cornforth
Deputy Director
Jeremy Cornforth is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He assumed the position of Deputy Director of the American Institute in Taiwan in July 2021 after serving as Chief of the Consular Section at the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou, China.
Arend Zwartjes
Public Diplomacy Section Chief
Arend Zwartjes is the Public Affairs Officer at the AIT. He has worked for the U.S. State Department since 2003 and previously served in overseas posts in China, Barbados, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Cambodia.
Betsy Shieh
Commercial Section Chief
Betsy Shieh currently serves as the Commercial Section Chief of the American Institute in Taiwan, where she manages a team of 20 marketing and customer service professionals. The team’s primary roles are to promote cooperation between U.S. firms, Taiwan companies and the Taiwan authorities.
N. Rashad Jones
Economic Section Chief
N. Rashad Jones currently serves as Economic Section Chief at the American Institute in Taiwan during July 2022. Throughout his career, Rashad has primarily worked on Asia and Latin American issues.
Richard Jao
Political Section Chief
Richard Jao is the Political Chief at AIT. He previously served as the Political External Unit Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, which covered U.S.-China relations and Chinese foreign policy, particularly its relations with North Korea.
Sandra Oudkirk
Director
Jeremy Cornforth
Deputy Director
Arend Zwartjes
Public Diplomacy Section Chief
Betsy Shieh
Commercial Section Chief
N. Rashad Jones
Economic Section Chief
Richard Jao
Political Section Chief
Joseph R. Biden
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Vice President of the United States
Antony J. Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State
Joseph R. Biden
President of the United States
President Biden represented Delaware for 36 years in the U.S. Senate before becoming the 47th Vice President of the United States. As President, Biden will restore America’s leadership and build our communities back better.
Kamala D. Harris
Vice President of the United States
Kamala D. Harris is the Vice President of the United States of America. She was elected Vice President after a lifetime of public service, having been elected District Attorney of San Francisco, California Attorney General, and United States Senator.
Antony J. Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State
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Joseph R. Biden
President of the United States
Joseph R. Biden
President of the United States
President Biden represented Delaware for 36 years in the U.S. Senate before becoming the 47th Vice President of the United States. As President, Biden will restore America’s leadership and build our communities back better.
Kamala D. Harris
Vice President of the United States
Kamala D. Harris
Vice President of the United States
Kamala D. Harris is the Vice President of the United States of America. She was elected Vice President after a lifetime of public service, having been elected District Attorney of San Francisco, California Attorney General, and United States Senator.
Antony J. Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State
Antony J. Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State
Antony J. Blinken is the 71st U.S. Secretary of State. He was nominated by President Biden on November 23, 2020; confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 26, 2021; and sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris the following day.
